Paul Orzulak, a former speechwriter for President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore, was Joe Lieberman’s speechwriter on the 2000 presidential campaign. He is a founding partner of West Wing Writers. He tweets at @orzulak.

IS KAINE ABLE?

In the 2000 veep debate, Dick Cheney jiujitsu’d Joe Lieberman into not talking about Cheney’s hard-right record. Kaine must do the opposite tonight with Mike Pence.